Combination button and belt strap



Nov. 24, 1931. H. l. SILMAN COMBINATION BUTTON AND BELT STRAP Original Filed April 8. 1927 ///y' f S7/mp0) INVENTOR.

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Patented Nov. 24, 1931 f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 'HARRY I. SILMAN, OF ST. MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA GO'IVEBINATION BUTTON AND BELT STRAP Application filed. April 8, 1927, Serial No. 182,162. Renewed January 4, 1929.

This invention relates to fasteners, preferof a pair of trousers to be supported by the ably of the separable type, such as snap-fasstrip or belt C or the suspender straps D. tellers, for detachably securing together vari- As illustrated in the drawings, my imous co-operating articles or devices. proved combination button and belt loop One of the well known disadvantages of consists of a ball section l and a socket secsnap fasteners is that when the articles are tion'Q., the former mounted in the waistband secured together under conditionsv which B of the trousers and the latter iiXed to the cause one article to exert tension on the other, free end of the belt loop 3 which has its other the button. portion of the fastener is tilted end sewed to the waistband, as indicated at 4.

10 and cuts into or tears the fabric of the article A very important feature of my invention 60 and is eventually torn from the latter. is the novel substantial manner in which the Another disadvantage is that the tension ball section is constructed and secured in between the articles causes wrinkling in the place so as to properly accommodate a supvicinity of the fasteners. porter such as the suspender strap D having The primary object of the invention is to the usual aperture and be connected to the obviate these disadvantages. This object is socket section. As shown in Figure 3, the accomplished by providing means to prevent ball section consists of a barrel 5, one end the button from tilting. of which is formed with a flange 6 and the A further object is the provisionof a comother end formed with a head 7 providing a 20 bination belt loop andv button secured to the circumferential groove 8 contiguous thereto. 70 waistband ofa pair of trousers in such aman- A sleeve 9 is fitted over the barrel 5 and is ner that the buttons are positively prevented provided with slits l() at spaced points so that from tearing fromthe waistband and the belt the lugs ll provided by said slits may be is supported for sliding kmovement but posicrimped into engagement with one side of tively held against displacement and in such the groove 8, thereby holding the sleeve assoa manner that the waistband is prevented ciated with the barrel and clamping the from working below the belt. iange l2 of the sleeve in fixed parallel rela-v Besides the above, my invention is distintion with the flange 6 to secure the material guished in the novel manner of constructing of the trousers therebetween. The ianges 6 30 and arranging the button so that the same and l2 thus constitute an attaching portion 80 may be readily attached to a suspender loop of the snap fastener from which projects the and will engage the upper edge of a belt to shank constituted by the barrel 5 and the properly confine the latter in its proper posisleeve 9.' lf found advantageous in practice, tion. the sleeve and barrel may be further crimped,

With these and other objects in view, my as indicated at 13. Thus, it will be appreciinvention will be better understood from a ated that this part of the device may be effecdescription of the same when taken in contvely secured to the waistband of a pair of nection with the accompanying drawings, trousers to arrange the sleeve 9 for the enwherein zgagement therewith of the loops at the ends Figure l is a fragmentary view of a porof the suspender strap D.

tion of a pair of trousers showing my inven- For the purpose of holding the supporter tion applied thereto; or suspender strap 1n engagement with the Figure 2 is a cross sectional view with the sleeve 9 and provide a separable connection loop open; between the ball member andthe socket mem- Figure 3 is a schematic view illustrating the ber, I provide a ball 14 of hollow formation 95 members comprising the base of the button which' is forced onto and crimped over the separated. head 7, with the flange l5 carried thereby Again referring to the drawings illustratarranged in parallel spaced relation to the -ing one of the many applications of my iniiange 12 so as to provide an annular groove wvention, the letterB designates the waistband 16 for the reception of the loop of the sus- 100 xpender strap D and further to provide an abutment for the upper edge of theV belt C for confining the latter in its proper position in the belt loops 3.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying` drawings,

it will be apparent that l provide a novel construction of button consisting oftwo major sections, one permanently carried by the trousers'and the other by the end of a belt loop secured to the waistband of the trousers so that the loop may be moved relative to the waistband to allow the loops of the suspender strap to be readily engaged with the buttons.v When the ball section and the socket section are connected together, it will be appreciated that the suspender strap D is positively prevented from being disconnected andthe belt C will be confined by the belt loops 3 with its upper edge engaging the buttons so the belt cannot ride upwardly on` the waistband, thereby holding the article tov which it is attached and belt properly associated and in their proper shape. It will also be appreciatedv that the button is prevented from being tilted upwardly with respect to the waistband andV from being torn loose and.

that the button will at all times be held in horizontal position and thns the button ,is provided with two points vof support, one at the base'of its ball section and' the other at its socket;

Of course, it is to be understood that the ners than illustrated and may be associated with various other forms of straps and supports and, therefore, I do not desire to beV limited in any manner except as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim: p

1. Garment supporting means comprising a fastener including two sections, one of said sections embodying a neck having spaced flanges for clamping engagement with the waistband of a garment through which the neck is fitted, the neck portion being extended to provide for the engagement therewith of a suspender loop, a belt loop to the.

end of which the other section of the fastener is' connected, and coacting means'upon the first mentioned section, beyond its neck, and the second mentioned section for'separably connecting the sections.

2. Garment supporting means comprising, in combination with the waistband of a pair of-trousers, a fastener including two sections,

ing carried by the other end of said belt loop and, when engaged with the first mentioned section, constituting means for connecting the belt loop with said first mentioned section whereby to prevent upward tilting of said section under the strain imposed upon it by the pull of the suspender loop, and coacting means upon the sections for separably connecting the same. i Y

3. Garment supporting means comprising, in combination withthe waistband of a pair of trousers, of'a flexible belt loop secured at one end to the said band and designed to constitute a guide for a beltsurrounding the band, a fastener including sections, one of said sections including a portion fitted through the band and having flanges clamping they band and a neck projecting from the surface of the band and yengageable by the loop of a pair of Suspenders, the fastener including a second section secured'to the other endl of the belt loop and separably engageable with the outer end of the first mentioned section.

ill. yGarment supporting means comprising, in combination with the waistband of a pair of'trousers, a fastener including two sections, onel section of the fastener being secured to the waistband of the trousers `and having an outstanding neck provided with outstanding circumscribing'flanges adapted to receive between them and hold in engagement with the neck a l'oopof a pair of Suspenders, the said neck, beyond one of the outstanding flanges having ahead, and a. belt loop united at one end to the said waistband below the fastener and supporting the other section Aof said fastener.

yIn testimony whereof I affix m signature. f vHARRY I. ILMAN.

one of said sections having a neck portion fitted through the waistband and having flanges clamping the waistband, the neck portion being of a length to permit of the engagement therewith of a suspender loop for supporting the garment, a flexible belt loop connected at one end tothe waistband of the garment, the othersection of the fastener beirc 

